ecological catastrophe

collocation in English

meaningsofecologicalandcatastrophe

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ecological
adjective
uk
/ˌiː.kəˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌiː.kəˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to ecology or ...
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catastrophe
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈtæs.trə.fi/us
/kəˈtæs.trə.fi/
a sudden event that causes very great trouble ...
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(Definition ofecologicalandcatastrophefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Yet, dedicated as it is to ' ' rejection, ' ' it cannot in our time retain its traditional privilege of superior wisdom :ecologicalcatastropheimplicates us all.
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Environmentalists advocate "the precautionary principle" whenever there is a threat ofecologicalcatastrophe and are denounced as catastrophists by their opponents for doing so.
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It, too, had a long pre-history, in which a series of sociological and political developments in combination with anecologicalcatastropheserved to create a famine.
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If we had told the truth about thatecologicalcatastrophe, other events might have been different.
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This plant was to be converted to civilian production by 1993, and the area is described as anecologicalcatastrophebecause of pollution.
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That would be anecologicalcatastrophe.
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During the interwar period, shepherds used strychnine to control the wolf population, causing anecologicalcatastrophe.
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The impact and resultingecologicalcatastrophecausing the extinction of the dinosaurs.
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The whole population was about to be wiped out by anecologicalcatastropheresulting from an uncontrolled industrial development.
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He citesecologicalcatastropheas an example of this.
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The coastal countries threatened byecologicalcatastrophesupport the release of the prisoners.
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The former is largely visualized in terms of molecular events, notably mutation, although ecological catastrophes (including bolide impacts) are other jokers in the pack.
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Most commonly it refers to extinction through nuclear warfare or biological warfare, but it can also apply to extinction through means such as global anthropogenicecologicalcatastrophe.
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For reasons of their own, pressure groups, journalists and fame-seekers will no doubt continue to peddle ecological catastrophes at an undiminishing speed.
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It is undoubtedly anecologicalcatastrophe.
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I would also like to draw your attention to the fact that, although there has indeed been an economic disaster, the real ecological catastrophes are still to come.
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Ecological catastrophes and natural disasters are an increasingly common part of our lives.
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